Digital Content Producer at @whyynews, Words in @capgaznews, @baltimoresun, @delmarvanow, @njdotcom, @washingtonpost, @baltbizonline and elsewhere.
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Alright, I've seen enough in the algorithm and the misinformation-laden responses to factual stories here that I too have migrated to the other app.
I'll try to make posts on each equally but we'll see how it goes here in the coming months.
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There is nothing more terrifying than hearing multiple people get shot while you're under your desk and then hear the gunman reload
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You wanna know how I feel?
I feel like 5 of my co-workers are dead and the sovereignty of several others will forever be compromised because they are now only survivors, not individuals.
All because of something that involved none of us.
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I'm currently waiting to be interviewed by police, so I'm safe and no longer at the office.
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Gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire on multiple employees. Can't say much more and don't want to declare anyone dead, but it's bad.
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My thoughts go out to all the Gannett journalists being laid off today. Company did a $100M stock buyback in February and pays their CEO $7.5M a year but somehow struggles to afford the journalists already on its payroll.
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God don't give Baltimore natives more of a reason to discuss which high school they went to lol
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I can't sleep, so I'll do the only thing I can and report.
Jarrod Ramos, 38, of Laurel, was charged with five counts of first-degree murder in the shooting death of 5 Capital Gazette staffers
He will have a Bail review tomorrow at the Annapolis District Courthouse at 10:30 a.m.
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I just saw a guy in a Porsche flash his lights and wave at another guy in a Porsche for no discernible reason other than they both owned Porsches.
There is no clubs like this for Toyota Camry owners, I can confirm.
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Oh yeah, and some people are awful.
Don't worry, I won't be responding to them. You're free to ignore them as well as they will not be contributing to whatever conversation will be happening in the wake of this.
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That's not true. I spoke with a number of good journalists doing their job to bring context to a horrific situation.
I did the same thing as part of my job. I just know now that my humanity is on display, so I want people to know I have no intention of running away from it. nitter.app/RabbiJill/status/10125…
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I know there are a lot of people trying to contact me, so I just want to say I’m going to be taking a break from interviews for at least today.
I just ask that everyone continue to support the families of the 5 who were killed.
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Also, please don’t try to vilify the journalists who are trying to reach out to us.
They have a job to try to bring context to a terrible situation and they should be allowed to do it, even if some of us aren’t ready to talk.
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There will be a lot that reveals itself through the course of this investigation, but I will never doubt that Wendi's actions saved lives.
We went to her service today. I ask that you read this and remember the person who protected us in the face of death capitalgazette.com/news/anna…
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Thnx every1 for the outpouring of support. Been with my family and friends since the @ReliableSources interview (and a huge shout-out to @brianstelter, who was insanely kind about everything and even gave us more time to talk about the victims.)
Gonna take it easy 4 a while now
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Sorry. There might be some people who expect this to be a somber Twitter page for 'x' period of time, but all of the people who died had amazing senses of humor, so I'm not giving up mine.
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Every reporter on the ground today at The Capitol deserves significant time off from work to recover.
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Obligatory "This is where you can read all my stuff" post that I'm going to pin to the top of my page. #NoShame capitalgazette.com/cgnews-ph…
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I'll never be an enemy of the people and I genuinely enjoy doing what I do. I've done it now for almost a decade.
But seeing this sentiment continue to be perpetuated, one that turns an entire occupation into a faceless villain, makes it so hard to continue.
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I could say a million things but just appreciate the hard work the photographers and reporters today did on the ground. Many of them are gonna go home to recover in isolation and I hope, if they can be safe, that they aren't left alone tonight. Send them your kind words.
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So yesterday was my last day at The Baltimore Sun as I've taken a job at The Baltimore Business Journal to be their Special Projects Editor, beginning next year.
I want to thank all of my co-workers and everyone who's helped me and my colleagues out over these past few years.
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It's true, I'll be moving to @baltimoresun later this month.
I'd like to thank everyone at @capgaznews for putting up with me for three years and for coming together under such traumatic circumstances.
I'll miss this newsroom every day, but I'm excited for the opportunity.
Some news:
Starting March 25, I will be moving to The Sun's features department to cover Baltimore's dining scene full-time.
@PhilDavis_CG will take my place as @baltimoresun's night reporter.
Please join me in congratulating myself and Phil on this move.
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"I'm not writing about the deer! I already wrote about the ducks!" - Overheard in the newsroom
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I could be angry about some things but I really don't have time.
It's cool if other people are and they have every right to be upset.
I just don't have time to care. Some of those things would've been temporary niceties. We need to heal, so I'mma focus on that.
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I have to look at my family - who'd already lost a son too early to gun violence in Baltimore - and somehow tell that "No, but I'll be ok."
Is that true? Did the reporters held up in The Capitol feel that way?
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Another thought: Despite the fact that this person is calling us their enemy, we're objective enough to still print their opinion.
You know, despite the fact that five people were killed in our newsroom over an alleged perception that we were also another person's enemies.
Wow. A letter to the editor in today’s @capgaznews from an Annapolis resident literally calls the news staff “enemies.” (Last line.)
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Black Women Build LLC has gotten the go-ahead from Baltimore's zoning board to build a $6M complex w/ apartments, a cafe, art gallery and grocery store in West Baltimore's Upton neighborhood bizjournals.com/baltimore/ne…
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FDA and FTC Warn Televangelist Jim Bakker Over Claims 'Silver Solution' Kills Coronavirus gizmodo.com/fda-and-ftc-warn… via @@gizmodo
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I'm so lucky to be a part of this community. There's no better group of people to be going through this with, you all can be damn sure of that.
If you haven't thanked the people at the @baltimoresun for everything they're doing for us, I ask that you do for me. Thanks.
I’m going to Annapolis today. I’m going to help put the damn paper out. #PressOn
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I just wanna see my timeline flooded with people dragging The Baltimore Sun's management and owners, if we can make that happen. Thanks in advance.
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A reminder that @justin_fenton has two stories about the latest extensive report on BPD's Gun Trace Task Force AND the indictment charging Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby on his second-to-last day at The Baltimore Sun. Kudos, as always.
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Yup, this is how you find the context without entirely relying on one source.
thebaltimorebanner.com/cultu…
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Thanks to @aubreyjwhelan for this piece. It was great talking with someone who treated the situation with such sensitivity and yet did a great job at articulating the impact of the paper through objective reporting.
Also, thanks for the subs.
philly.com/philly/news/capit…
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I feel bad for the non-native who goes to Mt. Royal Tavern tonight after a hard day of work and has to listen to a bunch of people talk about where they went to high school lol
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Read and support The Afro, The Baltimore Beat, The Baltimore Banner, Baltimore Business Journal, Baltimore Fishbowl, Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore Brew and any others I'm forgetting. A best news diet is a diverse news diet.
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When your mom reads your Twitter. Thanks, to the one and only (with one insanely active Amazon account).
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Good, I'm glad people are referencing at what happened at our office at The Capital last year in reference to that stupid video.
This shit isn't a game and we have a bunch of bad actors perpetuating the idea that the world would be better off without us.
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Personal news: I'm joining WHYY later this month to become a digital content producer.
It's been a memorable decade in Maryland, but I'm excited for a fresh new start and to put behind me some of the more challenging years of my life these past 6 years.
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Ok "blah blah blah" politics or w/e.
Jim Acosta stood up and said he hopes the president chooses a female reporter to ask a question, given the topics of discussion surrounding Kavanaugh's SCOTUS appointment.
That was class. Period.
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I'm done with this.
You do not have permission to post my articles on your website, social media or anywhere else on the internet, regardless of whether you give me credit.
I'm employed by The Capital/Baltimore Sun Media Group/Tribune. Read my stories on their platforms.
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In today's episode of "Local Journalism is Rarely Sexy," our protagonist sits inside an empty room waiting for a slightly less empty room in another location to become slightly more full of newsworthy stuff.
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Interesting.
Heard from a medical marijuana dispensary in Linthicum a while back that the majority of their patients were senior citizens either trying to ween themselves off of opioids or use marijuana as an alternative to prescription drugs for pain treatment.
“Marijuana is not one of the FDA approved treatments for addiction. We have to stick to science based solutions.” @DrLeanaWen @MiddayWYPR
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One day, I will sit everyone in media relations down in a room.
I will then list three items that I want them to use in a sentence.
And I will only give them one comma.
Hopefully, anarchy will not reign.
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Guys, I got to hold the Stanley Cup.
Definitely gonna be focusing on that a bit more than any of this other stuff.
#9495 #9900 #0203
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I'm begging for proper disclosure in the Sun's op-ed section.
Not once in Jovani Patteron's op-ed about the council size ballot question is it disclosed that his committee is almost ENTIRELY FUNDED by the Sun's owner.
baltimoresun.com/2024/09/04/…
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Yea, I'm insanely frustrated.
I had to talk to other reporters who were learning about what we went through and had to go back to newsrooms and legitimately think about past threats at their office and whether their security was tight enough.
I just want to do my job.
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Man, if you'd told me months ago that our company was going to furlough reporters during a global pandemic sandwiched between national outrage over police brutality AND an election, I would've told you that's probably not the best approach.
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Also, I read this story when I was having trouble falling asleep and, my God, is it one of the finest investigated and well-written pieces I've seen in a while
A Philadelphia story: Falsely declared dead, home stolen and no one will help philly.com/philly/news/break… via @phillydotcom
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Omg, thank you so much. I grew up with the @AsburyParkPress @starledger and worked for @njdotcom for a little less than 3 years.
You guys are all great and getting love from back home from people I respect from afar is just amazing. This community is so amazing. nitter.app/marisa_iati/status/101…
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Simply breathing and taking it in. Thanks to everyone who’s been part of the recovery process over these past 3 years. Please keep the victims’ families in your thoughts in the days to come.
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Hell yeah.
Imma curse so much more often now, which I assume makes absolutely nobody uncomfortable.
"On Thursday, July 12, The Times will replace its slogan, Honestly Local, on the front-page masthead with Cook’s tweet. We invite all newspapers to do the same that day." poynter.org/news/capital-gaz…
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So, I was unaware that The Baltimore Sun was publishing articles written by The Center Square, a conservative news website.
The Sun posted this earlier this month, which has a pretty big correction, considering its the focus of the entire article.
baltimoresun.com/2024/10/05/…
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Like, I have 5 dead friends. They're dead because they worked for a newspaper.
There is no objective reality where this "enemy of the people" rhetoric does ANYONE ANY GOOD.
Like, please, arbiters of truth and objectivity. How does this serve your interests?
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Starting my shift late today, so sorry if I forgot to remind everyone that Heath Freeman has a vacation home in Montauk, NY worth $4.8M and he and his friends at Alden/Tribune kicked my friends at The Capital out of their new office after roughly a year to save cash.
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Just a friendly reminder that at midnight on 01/01/18, one Eastern Shore town will be dropping a muskrat via a zip line.
Yup.
princessannemainst.com/new-y…
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Also, to push "Project Baltimore" as the pinnacle of investigative journalism in a room where people who were part of a PULITZER PRIZE WINNING NEWSROOM still work is objectively unhinged and insane.
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On the scene of a reported shooting, with scanner reports indicating as many as seven victims near a Baltimore church on Edmundson Avenue. Police have Edmundson Ave blocked at N. Warwick Ave.
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So this is my second week here at The Baltimore Sun and, you know, just watching people break stories that spur the governor of Maryland to call for a criminal investigation into the conduct of Baltimore's mayor.
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Hey, does anyone know how I can turn my east coast elitism into something that will plug a leak in my fourth floor studio apartment?
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I've been a reporter for nearly a decade and I swear, my stomach will never not turn whenever I have to listen to my own voice during a recorded interview.
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Are they tailwhip-able?
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Honestly, I'm looking forward to seeing this terrible tragedy being covered like any other event of this magnitude our 2 papers have covered:
With tenacity, objectivity and the investigative vigor I know spurs a lot of us to stay in this industry.
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Now it’s our job to make this model work for our community. Only wish we weren’t the only one. Shoutouts to @lizbowie
and @LillianEReed for the hard work they and others put into the Save Our Sun campaign that helped make this a reality.
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I just hope the people who read that The Atlantic article about Alden realize that it’s not just about the erosion of the institution of journalism.
It’s also the burden it places on the real people still willing to fight for the integrity of the institution.
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This furlough shit sucks. We got reporters in 1-bedroom apartments worrying about rent/food while still trying to cover how that same thing affects other people.
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This is what Tribune can't take away. So proud to see my Capital colleagues standing up to Tribune's decision to close their physical office. News deserves to stay local. Savemarylandnewspapers.org
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New tronc employee email about the NYDN layoffs: "As a public company, we have a fiduciary obligation to balance the interests of all of our constituents: shareholders, employees, readers and community."
Interesting way to order those constituents...
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If you're a couple holding hands on the sidewalk and you take up the whole sidewalk, then you've involuntarily entered my ongoing game of Red Rover.
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It really is a special kind of hell being a black reporter during these events. It's not like the "being black" part of being a black person from a black family takes a day off when news like this happens. It's just another thing to juggle you know others don't have to.
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An adult male is spotted in the wild, proudly flaunting his convictions. #PressOn
OK, I wore the shirt yesterday. Thanks everyone for your support of the victims' fund. (Photo credit Bill Wagner) The shirt can be purchased at store.capitalgazette.com -- along with others items -- and net proceeds benefit the victims' families and survivors.
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Friends, family, co-workers honor Capital Gazette victim Rob Hiaasen
Maria, his wife, was so unbelievably strong during her speech. I hope you watch the video and listen to what she said.
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You know who maybe could've killed the Night King?
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The fact that journalists of color now feel more empowered to speak out publicly about issues of diversity in their newsroom is only going to be beneficial for the industry in the long run.
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A random word:
I'm black. I was born into a history of a people who suffered unspeakable trauma on a daily basis and were either expected to grin and bare it or to get back to protesting lunch counters after their friends were beaten and hung.
So yeah, I'mma be at work Monday.
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I spent a combined 5 years at The Capital and The Baltimore Sun. I'm just proud that the reporters still there are standing together and fighting to preserve its legacy through what has obviously been a tumultuous 2 days.
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Maybe by the end of this, Tribune can just gut Annapolis of its newspaper altogether and the thoughts of five of my colleagues being shot to death in the office they loved to serve in can fade away into memory underneath more vacation homes for Heath Freeman.
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Oh, and there have been some people contacting me about volunteering to help out.
I don't really know too much about where I should send you, but I'll try to figure it out soon.
I'm not in a position to assign rewrites, unfortunately. Cuz I definitely would.
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This infuriates me so much.
Pay. Us. For. The. Product.
We are not a public service and, even if we were, YOU'D STILL PAY FOR US THROUGH TAXES.
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If I see one more person conflate a "free press" as meaning "we shouldn't have to pay for journalism," I'm finna come to their home, dump all their name brand cereal on the floor and proceed to steal all their valuables while saying "It's a free country!"
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